SilverWook said:

DominicCobb said:

generalfrevious said:

On a side note: if you factor out the 12 years gimmick, is Boyhood as great as moat critics say it is?

Boyhood is a great film whether you decided to not like it because of one asshole's stupid review or not. And the 12 years concept is not a gimmick, and is, in fact, crucial to the experience of the film.

But I don't see how Boyhood has anything to do with Star Wars (well, besides the two scenes where they talk about Star Wars).

There were rumors going around in the 90's that Stanley Kubrick was secretly filming a young actor as he grew up for what eventually became A.I., so it's not a new idea.

If a film has no interesting characters and/or poorly written dialogue, it cannot be a good film. Honestly, has anyone heard words like "welcome to the suck", "true dat", or "kewl" when you were growing up as a kid? Or when anyone was a high school/college student, did anyone have pretentious discussions about robots or the "moment seizing you"?